The Mancuso World Quilt Show is in town this weekend. It is being held from Jan 7th to the 9th from 10 am to 6pm at the Orange County Convention Center.

The Orlando Modern Quilt Guild was excited to have a special exhibit of quilts from our talented guild members. Here are just a few of the quilts that were spotted.

If you get a chance to stop by the show you can see them all. They also have a pretty impressive display of works from many different countries, lots of vendors with fabrics and more, and lectures. Have a wonderful quilty weekend!

President Yanick called the meeting to order. 35 members and 5 visitors were present.

Members were asked to share their "quilting resolutions" for 2016. They included: confining all their quilting stuff to one room in their house; not buying fabric; reclaiming their guest room; organizing; using up scraps; using layer cakes; learning free motion quilting in a modern style; learning paper piecing; learning to sew curves.

TREASURER'S REPORTOur annual guild dues have been paid to MQG for the year. There may be one or two spots still left in Lee Monroe's class to be held at the Dr Phillips library on Jan 25 from 12:30-6. Contact Marge ASAP if you are interested.
RAFFLE BASKET
....was won by Tanyia.

UPCOMING EVENTSMark your calendar for our 2016 retreat at Kenilworth Lodge Nov 3-6. Payment plans are available; contact Marge if you are interested in setting one up.Christmas applique sew-along will begin this month at the …

This month we are going to work on scrapbusting! I am hoping to do a lot of that this year and hopefully can encourage the same in you. This particular block is great for using up lots of little and odd shaped pieces of scrap fabric. We are also going for a semi organized look by making the blocks all monochromatic, instead of an all over scrappy block.

Here is what you will need for this block.
One 8 1/2 inch square of background fabric in white. Can be tonal or very low volume, but should read as white.
a pile of scraps in one color... I went with blue here.
Two 2 1/2 inch by 8 1/2 inch solid color strips in your chosen color.
Two 2 1/2 inch by 12 1/2 inch solid color strips in your chosen color.

You begin by cutting small pieces of scraps to lay on the background square. What you need for this block is to let go of perfection. They do not have to be evenly spaced between each one, it can be off a bit here and there. Just go for organic. When you ha…

Many of you may have goals for the new year as it relates to your quilting. Possibly learning a new technique, sewing from your fabric stash, joining an online bee, finishing old WIPs, or participating in a mini swap is on your list for 2016.